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About the Playwright

Pete Malicki has been described as "one of Sydney's best new generation playwrights" and is the recipient of 21 major awards for his monologues at national/international events. He produces theatre and major festivals, and runs monologue workshops at New York Film Academy, Sydney.

He is a published fiction author and has had 70 of his plays staged in over 800 productions. His recent full-length play Room was described by a reviewer as "...one of the Australian dramatic masterpieces of the current millennium." His full-length one-woman show V.D. has toured Australia, the UK and NZ.

PUBLICATIONS AVAILABLE!

(extra)ordinary, (un)usual I, II, III, IV andManologues

- volumes of 5-6 monologues

- latest versions of the scripts

- has an ISBN (often required for speech and debate comps)

- edited for the US market.

Ace the next Humorous Interpretation or Dramatic Interpretation event at Forensics / speech and debate tournaments. Grab a copy of award-winning, proven monologues which have been performed all around the world.

Drama (male)Heard the one about a good guy with a dark past? This monologue is about a bad man with a bright past. Theo Carter tried his best to do the right thing by his fellow man, but he suffers from an acute lack of human empathy and a few years back he just stopped trying. This is part of my trilogy of monologues about the dark side of morality, along with Disgusted and The Devil's Aftershave.

After watching a zombie movie marathon, a young university student can't sleep thanks to the fear of impending apocalypse. Every day, preparations are made. Every night, the zombies find new ways around the defenses.

Comedy (male) - suitable for wheelchair bound actorA young man who hates to spend money realises the government offers a stack of free services and pledges to get value for his tax dollar. A monologue for a mobility-impaired male.

Drama (male/female)Dan has an imaginary friend, Yancey. The thing is, Yancey is a bit of a dick and got Dan in trouble at work. When Dan's colleague Jason brings his own imaginary friend in to beat up Yancey, things go downhill quickly.

Drama (Male)It’s nothing personal, but Oscar hates you.How can him hating you not be personal? Well, he hates pretty much everyone and by its very definition you can’t take a generalisation personally.

Drama (female)Cara lives with domestic violence. Her Daddy comes home late at night, drunk, and screams at her Mama. When her boyfriend Dale comes around unexpectedly one night, he becomes her knight in shining armour and whisks her away from danger. Dale doesn't want anything to happen to her, so he locks the doors and puts bars on the windows. Cara's world starts to shrink as she becomes a prisoner in her own house. An exploration of the psychological side of domestic violence.

Drama (male)Gordon's life is filled with noise. The leafblower, his loud colleagues, babies, TVs, possums, leafblowers, screaming children. His only saving grace is the one silent morning each week. Quiet Friday. So when the neighbour starts renovating their kitchen and bathroom, Gordon starts losing his thread.

A teenager discovers a latent power - the ability to communicate telepathically with animals. Problem is, they don't speak English. They just fill your head with barks and meows and... whatever noise a possum makes.

At an early age, Sam discovers an unusual 'gift.' Everyone and everything dies whenever Sam is near. So will Sam's quest to grow some flowers bear any fruit?

"The storytelling in this is just superb and again, considering the ten-minute constraint, I thought the story arc was exceptionally paced and very well executed." - WhimsicalBanana.com -> 5/5 bananas!

Paul is your everyday man. He's married with two kids, works in accounting, watches the cricket and loves a good chutney. When he (accidentally) goes to a gay bar and meets Ian, a dangerous obsession starts to grow.

Darling Brown wants to know why her parents gave her such a ridiculous first name. With a twin called Jesse, she could never understand what they were thinking. Until, that is, she stumbles across an armed robbery at a local newsagent.

Comedy (male/female)A psychotic spouse, a son called Edgard, a high-powered client, a stolen bicycle, the five-year-old-girl next door who will murder you for touching her bicycle, and a toothless Uber driver. Each event is more unexpected than the last.

Had you ever noticed that the initials for Valentine's Day are the same as Venereal Disease? Pete Malicki certainly has in his play, V.D. This hilarious one-woman-show is about a girl who has been left lonely on Valentine's Day for too many years. So when a bunch of flowers is left for her at work she has every reason to be suspicious. This comedy will leave you in stitches.

Sophie's back, more than a year after meeting the love of her life, Dan Hunsford. Things didn't work out with Dan, but hey, she's moving on and moving up. V.D. Extended is the original monologue plus a brand new act.

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Comedy, 70 mins (1 female)
Originally an award-winning 10 minute monologue, V.D. has been extended to a full-length one-woman show!

This one-woman comedy explores the life of Sophie, a 35-year-old romantic who likes a bit too much gin. We join her as she falls in and out of love, struggles with power plays in her new job, and travels to India on a journey of spiritual (un)enlightenment.

This excerpt is the first 10 pages, or around two thirds of the total script.